Plato on Art and Beauty [electronic resource] /
Denham, Alison.author.
Denham, A. E.(Alison E.)
This unique collection of essays focuses on various aspects of Plato's Philosophy of Art, not only in The Republic , but in the Phaedrus, Symposium, Laws and related dialogues. The range of issues addressed includes the contest between philosophy and poetry, the moral status of music, the love of beauty, censorship, motivated emotions.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Notes on Contributors; Editor's Introduction; Part I Understanding Plato's Quarrel; 1 From The Fire and the Sun: Why Plato Banished the Artists; 2 Plato and the Mass Media; 3 Art and Mimesis in Plato's Republic; Part II Art and Beauty: Before and Beyond Republic X; 4 Plato's Early Aesthetics: The Hippias Major; 5 'A Divinity Moving You': Knowledge and Inspiration in Plato's Ion; 6 The Philosopher's Antidote; 7 Plato on Tragic and Comic Pleasures; 8 Plato on Begetting in Beauty
9 Beyond the Mirror of Nature: Plato's Ethics of Visual Form10 Art and Ethical Perspective: Notes on the Kalon in Plato's Laws; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This unique collection of essays focuses on various aspects of Plato's Philosophy of Art, not only in The Republic , but in the Phaedrus, Symposium, Laws and related dialogues. The range of issues addressed includes the contest between philosophy and poetry, the moral status of music, the love of beauty, censorship, motivated emotions.
Plato
Fine arts.
Aesthetics.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Classical literature.
Arts.
Fine Arts.
Aesthetics.
Classical Philosophy.
Classical and Antique Literature.
Arts.